JR
Directing · Director · Writer · Producer
Born Feb 22, 1983 · Paris, France
Active 2011–present · Awards: TED Prize, Time 100
JR is a French photographer and artist. Describing himself as a photograffeur, he flyposts large black-and-white photographic images in public locations, in a manner similar to the appropriation of the built environment by the graffiti…
Filmography
Faces Places (2017) - Director · WriterEllis (2015) - DirectorAn Urban Allegory (2024) - Director · WriterTehachapi (2024) - DirectorOmelia Contadina (2020) - DirectorFame (2017)Women Are Heroes (2011) - Director · WriterPaper & Glue (2021) - DirectorLes Bosquets (2015) - Director · Writer · ProducerCHIROPTERA (2023) - Set DesignerTehachapi (2021) - DirectorThe Past Goes Fast (2022) - DirectorThe Clichy-Montfermeil Chronicles (2017) - DirectorDans la lumière: Les coulisses de Chiroptera - Author